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All News

December 17, 2010

Full Bonus Depreciation Extended Through 2011

HR4853 Includes New And Used Aircraft Up To $500,000

Congress has passed, and President Obama has signed, a compromise tax bill which includes the extension of 100 percent bonus depreciation of assets worth up to $500,000 acquired after September 8, 2010 through December 31 of next year.

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RunwayFinder Still Shuttered... But NOT Silent

Again, FlightPrep Tactics Are Called Into Question

 RunwayFinder's Dave Parsons has popped up again, though the site is still shut down, to address a few issues that seem to have gotten lost in the backscatter of an increasingly convoluted story. We were particularly intrigued at Parson's recall of the initial contact from FlightPrep... which corroborates other reports of similar contacts... whereby FlightPrep attempted to cloak their dealings with a confidentiality clause and keep the proceedings from seeing the light of day.

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Air Transport Association Applauds FAAC Recommendations

Recognizes Need For Industry Global Competitiveness And Viability

The Air Transport Association of America (ATA) applauded the recommendations of the Future of Aviation Advisory Committee (FAAC) under the leadership of Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood.

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ForeFlight: App's OK and Working Fine... But RunwayFinder Loss Not Good For GA

'The Aviation Community Has Lost A Helpful Resource'

The hits just keep on coming as the GA and BizAv industry line up in defiance of the FlightPrep patent offensive. Now one of the most highly regarded new software companies in GAS, the folks behind the wildly successful ForeFlight aviation APP, have spoken in defense of the shot-down RunwayFinder site while also assuring customers all over the world that they will not be the next victim.

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Aero-TV: Expert Insights -- AirFleet Capital Sees Encouraging Trends

GA's Financial Gurus See Some Signs For Hope...

While there wasn't all that much to see and do at this year's AOPA Expo/Summit/SnoozeFest, A small cadre of ANN and Aero-TV folks did their best to gauge the state of the industry by chatting up a number of the folks that have been slogging away despite the worst economy in many moons. We got particularly lucky in being able to grab a few minutes with the folks of Air Fleet Capital, Inc., who genuinely possess some of GA's most expert insights into the true health of this business's current state.

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Nuh Uh!! Fltplan Sez FlightPrep Patent Assault Does Not Apply To Them Either

FlightPrep Patent Claim Turned Away -- Again

Here we go again... FlightPrep, which has been riding a mounting wave of very bad juju from the industry, overall, as well as repetitive repudiations from its 'competitors' is having another bad day. Further; it has become pretty obvious that their program claims appear to have gone astray while attempts to seek big bucks from their patent efforts are going down in flames. This, as yet another of the industry's leading online flight planning entities has decided that FlightPrep's patent doesn't apply to their operations.

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AIA Welcomes Aviation Advisory Committee's Recommendations

Blakey: "Recommendations Strongly Echo AIA's Key Priorities"

AIA says it is very encouraged by the recommendations presented to Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood by the Future of Aviation Advisory Committee Wednesday.

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